Due to these increasingly complex laws, DUI defense
has become a specialty.
Amesbury Police Dept. 22 on the breathalyzer. " As
he stammered to answer, the jury got the point.
They found my client not guilty in 15 minutes. At
trial, I asked the officer, "Exactly how wide was that imaginary line? Then he fled
the scene and registered a . The jury didn't agree: they acquitted him after
deliberating less than 15 minutes.
Although his prior offense was just over the ten
year "lookback" period, I convinced the Judge to give him a chance to be treated as
a first offender.
They found my client not guilty in 15
minutes.
His driving record was so bad that if he was found
responsible of even 1 additional charge he would have had no chance for a work
license.
At trial, I asked the officer, "Exactly how wide
was that imaginary line?
Then I handed him an Order to sign restoring my
client's license despite the 3 year loss from the RMV for refusing the Breath
test.
I found the one and only Massachusetts case
correctly addressing the crucial, complex pharmacological issue. Despite a criminal
record, I arranged a deal where 4 of the charges were dropped outright on the first
Court date, allowing him to get a work license 3 days later.
My client's arresting officer forgot his card and
used another officer's, then wrote his name in by hand on the computer
printout.
Result: Not guilty after trial.
When caught, she admitted she was drunk. Result:
the Police immediately wrote my client a letter stating they would return his
license and admitting the error.
Result: the DA dropped the OUI charges on the very
next Court date. The Judge said on the bench he was "aghast" at the practice,
suppressed my client's answers and instructed the police to discontinue such
practices.
Although his prior offense was just over the ten
year "lookback" period, I convinced the Judge to give him a chance to be treated as
a first offender.
" Then I demonstrated the 2 sobriety tests in front
of the jury, pointed out they were done at 1 AM on the fog line of a highway with
CARS SPEEDING BY just 2-3 feet away. Also charged marijuana and cocaine possession,
each carried an additional one year license loss. He signed that too and my client's
license was restored the same day.
I prepared a chart for trial, met with the Judge in
his chambers and made our case.
" As he stammered to answer, the jury got the
point. Amesbury Police Dept.